Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2515
Advisory Release Date: 2024-04-11 01:07 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-04-15 12:00 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
An issue was found in the CPython `zipfile` module affecting versions 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior.
The zipfile module is vulnerable to "quoted-overlap" zip-bombs which exploit the zip format to create a zip-bomb with a high compression ratio. The fixed versions of CPython makes the zipfile module reject zip archives which overlap entries in the archive. (CVE-2024-0450)
Affected Packages:
python3
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update python3 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
python3-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
python3-libs-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
python3-devel-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
python3-tools-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
python3-tkinter-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
python3-test-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
python3-debug-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
python3-debuginfo-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
i686:
python3-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
python3-libs-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
python3-devel-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
python3-tools-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
python3-tkinter-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
python3-test-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
python3-debug-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
python3-debuginfo-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
src:
python3-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.src
x86_64:
python3-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
python3-libs-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
python3-devel-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
python3-tools-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
python3-tkinter-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
python3-test-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
python3-debug-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
python3-debuginfo-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64